India

  • President:Droupadi Murmu
  • Prime Minister:Narendra Modi
  • Capital city:New Delhi
  • Languages:Hindi 41%, Bengali 8.1%, Telugu 7.2%, Marathi 7%, Tamil 5.9%, Urdu 5%, Gujarati 4.5%, Kannada 3.7%, Malayalam 3.2%, Oriya 3.2%, Punjabi 2.8%, Assamese 1.3%, Maithili 1.2%, other 5.9% note: English enjoys the status of subsidiary official language but is the most important language for national, political, and commercial communication; Hindi is the most widely spoken language and primary tongue of 41% of the people; there are 14 other official languages: Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya, Punjabi, Assamese, Kashmiri, Sindhi, and Sanskrit; Hindustani is a popular variant of Hindi/Urdu spoken widely throughout northern India but is not an official language (2001 census)
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  • National statistics office
  • Population, persons:1,435,228,798 (2024)
  • Area, sq km:2,973,190
  • GDP per capita, US$:2,411 (2022)
  • GDP, billion current US$:3,416.6 (2022)
  • GINI index:32.8 (2021)
  • Ease of Doing Business rank:62

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    • March 2023
      Source: The Global Data Lab
      Uploaded by: Knoema
      Accessed On: 10 March, 2024
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      Data citation: Data retrieved from the Area Database of the Global Data Lab, https://globaldatalab.org/areadata/, version v4.2.Smits, J. GDL Area Database. Sub-national development indicators for research and policy making. GDL Working Paper 16-101 (2016).
    • November 2023
      Source: INSEAD
      Uploaded by: Jonathan Kilach
      Accessed On: 24 January, 2024
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      Data cited at: INSEAD-https: //knowledge.insead.edu/talent-management/global-talent-competitiveness-index-2932
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    • April 2024
      Source: World Bank
      Uploaded by: Knoema
      Accessed On: 01 April, 2024
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    • July 2015
      Source: National Institution for Transforming India-NITI Aayog
      Uploaded by: Knoema
      Accessed On: 12 September, 2019
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      Title: Human Development Index and its Components by States   Description: Th e Human Development Index (HDI) is a composite index of outcome indicators in three dimensions: a. A long and healthy life, as reflected in life expectancy at birth. b. The acquisition of education and knowledge, as reflected in the mean years of schooling (adjusted for out of school children) and literacy rate (age 7 years and above). c. Th e standard of living and command over resources, as reflected in the monthly per capita expenditure adjusted for inflation and inequality.   Released Under: National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy (NDSAP)   Contributor: NITI Aayog/Planning Commission   Keywords: HDI; Development; Capita; expenditure; Expectancy; birth; Literacy; Rate   Group: India Human Development Report   Sectors: Social Development   Note: Source : “Indian Human Development Report, 2011 – Towards Social Inclusion” by Institute of Applied Manpower Research, Planning Commission, GoI. NA: Not Available.
    • February 2021
      Source: Statistics Mauritius
      Uploaded by: Knoema
      Accessed On: 18 February, 2021
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      Data cited at: https://mauritius.opendataforafrica.org/HDIM2016
    • March 2024
      Source: United Nations Development Programme
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      Accessed On: 10 April, 2024
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      Data Cited at: UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME, Human Development Data Center The Human Development Index (HDI) is a summary measure of achievements in three key dimensions of human development: a long and healthy life, access to knowledge and a decent standard of living. The HDI is the geometric mean of normalized indices for each of the the three dimensions.
    • December 2023
      Source: Cato Institute
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      Accessed On: 09 January, 2024
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      Data Cited at: Cato Institute-https://www.cato.org/human-freedom-index-new Note:- Each indicator is rated on a 0–10 scale, with 10-representing the most freedom.
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    • January 2023
      Source: Ministry of Finance, India
      Uploaded by: Raviraj Mahendran
      Accessed On: 02 February, 2023
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      India's Economic Survey: Human Development Indicator Notes: 1. Literacy rates for 1951, 1961 and 1971 Censuses relate to population aged five years and above and from 1981 onwards literacy rates relate to the population aged seven years and above. The literacy rate for 1951 in case of West Bengal relates to total population including 0-4 age group. Literacy rate for 1951 in respect of Chhatisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Manipur are based on sample population. 2. Arunachal Pradesh Census conducted for the first time in 1961 3. India and Manipur figures includes estimated population for those of the three sub-divisions viz. Mao Maram, Paomata and Purul Senapati district of Manipur as census results of 2001 in these three sub-divisions were cancelled due to technical and administrative reasons.
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    • July 2021
      Source: U.S. Agency for International Development
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      Accessed On: 27 September, 2021
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      These tables offer a summary of obligations and disbursements in current and constant dollars by funding agency, funding account, and country from 2001 to the most recent year.
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    • October 2021
      Source: World Bank
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      Accessed On: 18 August, 2022
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      Data cited at: The World Bank https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/ Topic:Wealth Accounting Publication: https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/dataset/wealth-accounting License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/   The wealth accounting approach provides two related sets of information: comprehensive wealth accounts (a stock measure in total and per capita values), and adjusted net saving (a flow measure). The wealth accounts were updated in 2018, using a new methodology described in The Changing Wealth of Nations 2018.